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Advances in neuroscience mean most general therapists understand the importance of working with the body, especially at the intersection of addiction and trauma. But how many of us lack confidence when inviting clients to safely connect with their embodied experience? Ahead of a PESI UK training in Autumn 2023, Jan Winhall introduces her Felt Sense Polyvagal Model – a foundational framework based on ‘Six Fs’ that integrates insights from Gendlin and Porges, and uses playful imagery to help clients track their own autonomic nervous systems.

Dreams can help our clients to uncover blocked or unconscious feelings, access a form of guidance, and apprehend the relationship between their mind and their everyday life. But therapists have to know how to work with them, first. Ahead of World Sleep Day tomorrow, Nigel Hamilton, transpersonal psychotherapist and co-founder of the Dream Research Institute, shares his approach to exploring dreams via the Waking Dream Process